Compare careers

Factual side-by-side attributes from the imported O*NET and BLS OEWS datasets. No career is ranked or recommended.

Career A (or your current career)

Cooks, Restaurant

Career B (or your target career)

Food Service Managers

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Comparison table

Metric	Cooks, Restaurant	Food Service Managers
National median salary	$37,390	$69,390
Local median salary	Not published	Not published
National employment	1,409,890	238,430
Typical education	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)	High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job zone	2	2
Important skills	Time Management, Monitoring, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Active Listening	Speaking, Coordination, Monitoring, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources
Related careers	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products, Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers, Dishwashers	Cooks, Fast Food, Waiters and Waitresses, Food Scientists and Technologists, First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

Cooks, Restaurant dashboard Food Service Managers dashboard

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

18%

4 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

Current-only skills

Skill overlap compares O*NET skills rated at importance 3.0 or above for each occupation. It is a measure of listed skill overlap, not a probability of getting the job.

Shared skills

Monitoring+0.8 level
Speaking+1.3 level
Critical Thinking+0.6 level
Time Management+0.9 level

Only in Food Service Managers

Active Listening
Management of Personnel Resources
Coordination
Reading Comprehension
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Active Learning
Learning Strategies
Negotiation
Instructing
Judgment and Decision Making
Writing
Complex Problem Solving
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Persuasion
Management of Financial Resources
Management of Material Resources

Only in Cooks, Restaurant

None